FMQ Question: what do with ends?

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10-23-2011, 03:29 AM

#21

Mkotch

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Use easy threading needle to bury the knot in front or back. It's just important not to stitch over the loose ends while you're FMQing.

10-23-2011, 04:28 AM

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quilticing

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They make easy-thread needles to make short work of burying thread ends, as in previous post.

10-23-2011, 04:43 AM

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Surfergirl

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I pull the thread to the top and stitch in place a few times at beginning and ending and clip the threads.

10-23-2011, 04:55 AM

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Steady Stiching

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I use one of those needles with the open eye, thread it, knot it and bury it.

10-23-2011, 05:02 AM

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quiltingfan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nativetexan

i pull both threads to the top, take a few stitches tightly together, then stop and trim those threads. then i continue. when done, i take some stitches tightly together and then clip those threads. done.

ditto, to much work to bury all the knots.

10-23-2011, 05:06 AM

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Annaquilts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by quilttiludrop

That's very tidy, but I was taught to stitch in place then clip the threads at starts and stops.

Never done any different.

10-23-2011, 06:44 AM

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jillaine

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All great responses. Thanks so much.

10-23-2011, 07:10 AM

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Suzy

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There are you tube videos you can watch. Some by Sharon Schambers and some by Leah Day and several others, but the first two named show step by step.

Good Luck

Suzy

10-23-2011, 07:19 AM

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Buckeye Rose

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Quote:

Originally Posted by quilttiludrop

That's very tidy, but I was taught to stitch in place then clip the threads at starts and stops.

That's what I do.....I don't like burying threads and it takes too much time, besides, they can work themselves back out and still have to be clipped!